diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_vec4_generator.cpp b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_vec4_generator.cpp
index 6e903e13f3a..707bd91882e 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_vec4_generator.cpp
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_vec4_generator.cpp
@@ -1511,6 +1511,7 @@ generate_code(struct brw_codegen *p,
       brw_set_default_saturate(p, inst->saturate);
       brw_set_default_mask_control(p, inst->force_writemask_all);
       brw_set_default_acc_write_control(p, inst->writes_accumulator);
+      brw_set_default_exec_size(p, cvt(inst->exec_size) - 1);
 
       assert(inst->base_mrf + inst->mlen <= BRW_MAX_MRF(devinfo->gen));
       assert(inst->mlen <= BRW_MAX_MSG_LENGTH);